Well, we’ve
only been traveling two days and already I don’t know where I am. Yesterday I said we were in Buffalo – we went
through Buffalo but we stayed the night in Niagara Falls at the Seneca Casino. Our plan is to see Niagara Falls today. Tour prices we saw yesterday ranged from $76
to $94 per person. We were a little
hesitant to pay that much so we inquired at the casino hotel front desk and
they told us the Niagara Falls State Park was within easy walking distance so
we took off – they even gave us free tickets to the trolley so we could take it
if we got tired of walking. We think
those tickets were supposed to be for paying guests. Since we are sitting in the parking lot free
of charge, we went into the casino and promptly lost $31. We don’t feel guilty about the free tickets
any more.
Old Falls
Street is a beautiful renovated brick street with lots of flowers and
benches. Looks like it is used for
festivals and special events. It goes
from the casino right into the park.
Do
you know that Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the nation?
The Niagara
River was raging today, I could have set all day and just looked and listened
to it.
We took the
pedestrian bridge over to Goat Island to get a better look at the American
Falls. That is the pedestrian bridge in the background.
We didn’t
have to ride the Maid of the Mist to get very wet at Horseshoe Falls, the mist
was heavy and just as we walked up the wind changed, getting us pretty wet.
This is my favorite picture of the American Falls with the Horseshoe Falls in the background.
We saw
everything we wanted to see and split a $3 piece of delicious fudge-much
cheaper than tour prices. However, that
is a bit more walking than our usual mile around the campground. Got a feeling we are going to be a little sore
in the morning.
I think
we’ll have some pan-seared tilapia filets and pasta with broccoli for supper
this evening and call it a night. We’ll
be leaving here tomorrow morning getting a little closer to Syracuse. We have a check in time for the Syracuse Good
Sam Rally early on Thursday morning.
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